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2021 Salon Prive Preview - Moto Guzzi V7 Sport

2021 Salon Privé Week at Blenheim Palace Set For September

The Salon Privé returns to Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, England, just a few miles northwest of Oxford. 2021 Salon Privé Week features notable new...

1974 Indian Story: For Prospective Dealers Only!

One of the most interesting eras of the Indian motorcycle company saga is the Floyd Clymer and Alan Newman ownership period from 1963 to...

Inside the Mini Cycle Collection Auction: Mecum Orlando 2021

The Mecum Orlando 2021 auction on July 30 at the Orange County Convention Center will be featuring Mini Cycle Collection auction—six vintage mini motorcycles...

Charity Auction for 2022 Triumph Scrambler 1200 Steve McQueen Edition

There will be 1000 examples of the 2022 Triumph Scrambler 1200 Steve McQueen Edition being offered for sale. Each one is numbered, and a...

Scrambling for Enthusiastic Beginners: Historic Motorcycle Book Review

Author Frank Melling’s new book will not teach you a darn thing about how to scramble. Scrambling for Enthusiastic Beginners – How I Survived...
Steve McQueen's 1942 Indian Scout

In Appreciation of the Rock Store, Cornell, California, USA

In hindsight, I should not have been surprised when my first motorcycle ride here in California took me to the Rock Store—after all, I...

Dick Mann Passes (1934-2021): AMA and Honda Issue Statements

Two-time AMA Grand National Champion Dick Mann died Monday at the age of 86. Mann, who started his two-wheel career delivering newspapers in Richmond,...
BMW Motorcycles in WWII

In World War II GIs Gathered Intel—On Captured Nazi BMW Motorcycles!

What they said about them may surprise you. Eighty years ago, the United States was plunged into World War II by the Japanese attack on...

Pro Circuit’s Mitch Payton Secures Parnelli “Kawasaki” Jones Dyna-Mite

Mitch Payton, the owner of Pro Circuit and the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki motocross and supercross teams, has another Kawasaki in his stable—the 1971 Kawasaki...

MV Agusta Acquires Hailwood CSS 175 Racebike For Restoration

Any MV Agusta racer from the 1950s is going to be a special motorcycle to own. However, when the original owner is Stanley Hailwood,...

Laurin & Klement Slavia B – The Birth of Škoda Motorsports 120 Years Ago

Czechs Václav Laurin and Václav Klement founded their bicycle manufacturing company in Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia, in 1895. The company, Laurin & Klement, started a...

2021 Moto Guzzi V7 Stone 100th Anniversary First Look

Back in December, we gave you a first look at the new 2021 Moto Guzzi V7 lineup. The big news was an increase in...
Story of Warner Riley's 200+ MPH Run Aboard a Sportster 50 Years Ago!

Story of Warner Riley’s 200+ MPH Run Aboard a Sportster 50 Years Ago!

50 years ago Warner Riley began working toward having the World’s Fastest Conventional Motorcycle. With help from S&S Cycle in Wisconsin, topping 200 mph...
Harley-Davidson Magazine

85 Years Ago Harley Davidson’s New Models Would Knock Your Eyes Out!

85 years ago, amid worldwide doom and gloom, The Motor Company forged ahead. Harley-Davidson’s house magazine, Harley-Davidson Enthusiast, was first published in 1916. It would...
Side-by-side V4s—The Honda VF1100S (L) with the optional frame mount fairing and the Yamaha VMX1200 with aftermarket drag bars—the same only different?

V4s Head-to-Head: Honda V65 Sabre or Yamaha Vmax?

I’ve now owned a 1984 Honda V65 Sabre since 2011 and a 2002 Yamaha Vmax since 2019—long enough to get quite a few miles in the saddle on each.